Firefighters removed Jeremiah Haskins from a bedroom on the second floor of the house, 70 West Mohawk St., but the child died shortly after reaching Oswego Hospital.

Emergency personnel originally responded to a fire on the building's first floor, Oswego police said. The house's other occupants escaped safely.

Police are continuing to investigate the cause of the fire, which authorities first went to at 8:42 p.m. Saturday night. They are asking anyone who may have information to call the Oswego City Police Department's tip-line at 315-342-8131.